Do You Believe?

The
Relationship of Paranormal Beliefs and Personality: Needs and Conformity

by: Karen Palys

Abstract

The connection is poorly developed in the
literature between paranormal beliefs and many types of personality.
The
present study examined the hypotheses that there would be differences
in the
means between high and low subjects for all the EPPS subscales on both
the Fear
and Belief scales. The AEI was administered (N = 40) to test for
paranormal
beliefs and fears, the EPPS was administered to determine personality
needs,
and the Cooperativeness scale of the JPI-R looked for the level of
conformity.
A one-way ANOVA with a Tukey post-hoc found significance between
Nurturance and
Belief.